Educative Highlights: January 2023 Edition
January is a time for new challenges and fresh starts, so we decided to kick off the year with a fun assortment of interactive courses and other content. One extra special highlight from January is our collaboration with Oxford University Press! We’re so excited and honored to adapt their excellent learning materials into our unique, interactive format.
Don’t worry if you don’t have any prior coding experience. We made sure to include courses and content for everyone, regardless of their skill level. We covered a wide range of topics, from building a WhatsApp clone with Vue.js and AWS Amplify to mastering the basics of a new programming language. Whether you’re an expert or a beginner, you’ll be sure to learn something new from our January roster of courses.
Speaking of beginners, if you’ve ever wondered what it takes to become a software developer, look no further! We’ve included two special series of courses and Skill Paths designed to give you a strong background in the fundamentals of programming.
Let’s dive right in!
We’ll cover:
Zero to Hero in Front End Web Development
Front-end developers are in high demand because tech companies are always looking for ways to make their apps look and work better. To learn front-end web development, you must know HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. This Skill Path is the perfect place to start front-end development if you don't have a programming background. It comprehensively introduces you to the most important parts of the web, particularly the front-end part of web development. You will start with an introduction of basic terms in the web development domain. As you move on, you'll learn the basic pillars of front-end development, i.e., HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Next, you’ll work on smaller projects to get a strong handle on HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Lastly, you will get a full, step-by-step explanation of how to get a website up and running on the Internet. By the end of this Skill Path, you will know how to make functional websites and web applications.
Learn with Oxford University Press#
We recently collaborated with Oxford University Press to adapt some of their top-notch books into interactive courses on the Educative platform. We’re always pushing for the highest standards of excellence, and this partnership is no exception. You can look forward to some of the best materials available in the fields of data science, cryptography, machine learning, and more.
Oxford University Press Courses
Courses | Authors |
Developing and Analyzing Statistical Models with R | Justin C. Touchon |
Performing Modern Statistical Analysis with R | Andy Hector |
Using R for Data Analysis in Social Sciences | Quan Li |
Mastering Machine Learning Theory and Practice | Thomas P. Trappenberg |
Game Data Science Using R | Magy Saif el Nasr Truong Huy Nguyen Dinh Alessandro Canossa Anders Drachen |
Everyday Cryptography | Keith M. Martin |
Cryptographic Primitives in Blockchain Technology | Andreas Bolfing |
Courses from this series take around 20 to 40 hours to complete, so anyone can level up their skills and knowledge with a few free hours here and there.
You can read more about the collaboration in this announcement.
Learn to Code for Absolute Beginners#
We know that one of the most inefficient (and frustrating) ways to learn is by sitting there and passively absorbing information.
Time and time again, we have seen better, and more consistent results from interactive learning experiences. It’s a big reason why Educative integrates a hands-on approach into every course.
We believe that everyone can learn to be successful programmers if they have access to the right learning materials.
To make things even easier, we’ve designed each of our new Learn to Code courses for people with no prior programming experience.
We want to make learning how to code (especially in the early stages) as intuitive and impactful as possible.
Don’t worry too much about remembering every detail, and just enjoy the process of learning to think like a coder while you practice writing actual code. We can’t promise that the learning material will get easier, but you can be confident that coding will feel less daunting every time you come back to it.
Each of these courses takes approximately 8 hours from start to finish.
In just a few days, you can go from knowing nothing about programming to being well on your way to mastering a new language.
Course: Cloud Engineering for Beginners#
If you’re still in the process of exploring different career paths, why not check out cloud engineering?
Navigating Cloud Engineering as a Career Path is a fun little course we put together to introduce people to the various cloud computing services and service models in use today.
We also go through the different career choices that are available in the field of cloud computing.
By the end of this 14-hour course, you’ll have a solid understanding of the basics of cloud engineering, as well as the responsibilities of a cloud engineer.
Level up with Zero to Hero Skill Paths#
Like the Learn to Code courses, our Zero to Hero series is designed with the inexperienced in mind.
However, these paths are significantly more comprehensive as they are meant to give you the experience of writing and implementing code solutions for many real-world problems.
You can expect to spend anywhere from 20 to 40 hours working through the projects and materials in each Skill Path.
This is the ideal learning experience for individuals looking to start a career or master a new language.
Courses: More front-end web development#
Once you’re done learning the basics of web development, you can try your hand at one of these popular courses for fun!
Building a WhatsApp Clone with Vue.js and AWS Amplify
This 8-hour course is perfect for learning the ins and outs of AWS products, routing, state management, and lifecycle hooks in Vue.js.
Vue.js is an incredibly popular JavaScript framework used in front-end web development, so understanding how to use it will serve you well if you’re looking to start a career as a web developer.
Getting Started with React Router v6
React is the most popular JavaScript framework for building interactive UIs.
This 15-hour course will teach you how to build a modern React front-end application, and provide you with a working knowledge of routing, navigation, and creating page transitions.
Grokking Dynamic Programming#
We also wanted to highlight the Grokking Dynamic Programming courses for our intermediate-level learners. Each course takes around 25 hours to complete and will help you develop a deep understanding of the essential patterns behind common dynamic programming interview questions.
Simply choose your programming language, and you’ll be well on your way to learning when and how to implement dynamic programming in your interview solutions.
- Grokking Dynamic Programming: A Deep Dive using C++
- Grokking Dynamic Programming: A Deep Dive using Java
- Grokking Dynamic Programming: A Deep Dive using JavaScript
- Grokking Dynamic Programming: A Deep Dive using Python
These courses build up a flexible conceptual framework for solving dynamic programming questions.
Not only will you learn to assess problem statements for any underlying patterns, but you’ll also gain some experience in evaluating the tradeoffs between time and space complexity for different solutions.
Course: Learn advanced System Design#
If you’re an experienced developer looking to take the next step in your career, then Grokking the Principles and Practices of Advanced System Design might be the right course for you.
This course is meant to help develop a working knowledge of building large-scale systems.
You’ll learn how real-world systems are built and operated at companies like Google, Facebook, and Amazon to meet the strict requirements of service-level agreements (SLAs), as well as the essential building blocks of modern System Design.
By the end of this course, you will have solved several system design interview problems, and be able to evaluate common system design tradeoffs.
Course: Learn low-level design for interviews#
Here’s an especially popular course: Grokking the Low-Level Design Interview Using OOD Principles takes about 50 hours to complete, and provides hundreds of potential interview problems to solve.
Major tech companies like Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon will usually cover object-oriented design problems in their software engineering interviews.
This course covers a broad range of essential object-oriented design concepts you need to understand in order to efficiently break down even the most challenging design problems.
You will learn to accurately define the requirements of problems, and you’ll get to practice designing diagrams for classes, use cases, sequences, and activities.
In addition, all of the code is implemented in multiple programming languages (Java, C++, C#, Python, and JavaScript).
Grokking the Low Level Design Interview Using OOD Principles
With hundreds of potential problems to design, preparing for the object-oriented design (OOD) interview can feel like a daunting task. However, with a strategic approach, OOD interview prep doesn’t have to take more than a few weeks. In this course, you’ll learn the fundamentals of object-oriented design with an extensive set of real-world problems to help you prepare for the OOD part of a typical software engineering interview process at major tech companies like Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon. By the end of this course, you will get an understanding of the essential object-oriented concepts like design principles and patterns to ace the OOD interview. You will develop the ability to efficiently breakdown an interview design problem into multiple parts using a bottom-up approach. You will be familiar with the scope of each interview problem by accurately defining the requirements and presenting its solution using class, use case, sequence, and activity diagrams.
Wrapping up and next steps#
That takes care of our course highlights for January 2023!
Thank you for checking out what’s new and popular on Educative.
Deciding to take that first step toward becoming a developer is an exciting one, and we hope that our courses can help you on your journey toward becoming a more skilled and knowledgeable programmer.
We’ll be back soon with a recap of the new content that comes out in February, so stay tuned!
Happy learning!
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